Radiation protection in a pluralistic society

The relative importance of any particular radiation protection issue may well result from honest and deeply-held convictions which result from different educational, societal, economic and political orientations. This may lead to apparently and truly conflicting national agendas for radiation protection needs. A variety of radiation protection issues in the USA are examined with an understanding that each of us may have a rather singular and isolated perspective. These issues include 'de minimis' probability of causation, risk models, SI units and lifetime dose equivalent. (U.K.)